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B-1 Visa while K-1 is processing

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Nidoe Newbie

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Hello,

 

My fiancé lives in a country that cannot travel freely to the United States. I see the threads about it being okay to visit but I wanted to ask if people had an experience in the past of applying for a B-1 Travel Visa while the K-1 Application is pending.

Is this possible? Will this have any negative impact on the K-1 if the B-1 is rejected?

 

Thank you.

Crazy Cat Grand Master

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What country?  Anyone can apply for a B2, but a pending K-1 indicates immigration intent......and it could signal that the applicant is trying to usurp the K-1 wait.  A denial would have no impact on a K-1.

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24 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

What country?  Anyone can apply for a B2, but a pending K-1 indicates immigration intent......and it could signal that the applicant is trying to usurp the K-1 wait.  A denial would have no impact on a K-1.

Thanks for your reply!

India, we want to spend Diwali together in October and the K-1 likely won't be completed till then and my work won't let me make another trip to India as I've already been 3 times this year so we were pursuing a B1/B2 so that she could potentially visit.

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2 minutes ago, Nidoe said:

Thanks for your reply!

India, we want to spend Diwali together in October and the K-1 likely won't be completed till then and my work won't let me make another trip to India as I've already been 3 times this year so we were pursuing a B1/B2 so that she could potentially visit.

You can try.  Good luck.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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She can certainly apply

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1 hour ago, Nidoe said:

Thanks for your reply!

India, we want to spend Diwali together in October and the K-1 likely won't be completed till then and my work won't let me make another trip to India as I've already been 3 times this year so we were pursuing a B1/B2 so that she could potentially visit.


Has she already applied and got an interview booked?  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/global-visa-wait-times.html

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